Auto populating your member sites (child sites) - with form data from the child site registration form.

There are three ways to automatically include content in your network member's sites.
1) Display data from the member's child site registration form record.
2) Display pre defined content specified by you and copied to member sites when they are setup.
3) Display 'shared' content such as a network blog - that updates automatically on member sites whenever it is edited anywhere in the network.

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This article deals with #1 above - see separate help articles on #2 and #3 entitled 'Child Site Content - default content / functionality'

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Create your site blueprint - (see the related help article for assistance)

Create your child site registration form - (see the related help article for assistance)
When you create this form, start by listing what registrant information you would like to display in the member sites (child sites).
Then make sure to include fields that will collect this data from the registrant.

Link your blueprint to the child site registration - network settings - (see the help article about 'network settings' for assistance)

Then to add a 'data' to the site blueprint:

From the 'Dashboard'
Identify the Blueprint site you want to edit
Click on the 'Edit' text link

The 'Blueprint Site Edit' window will display
Select the page you wish to put the data on
Select the area of the page you wish to put the data in

Click on the 'insert content module' link
The 'menu of content modules' will display

Double click the 'Gallery' option
The 'content module blueprint permissions' window will display
Choose whether this content module should be editable by the child site registrant and to what degree.
Select the appropriate radio button.
Then click [Save]

The 'Gallery Settings' window will display
From the 'orientation' pick list
Select 'Data display only'
Select the layout style you wish to use. (for more information about editing data display layouts see the related help article)

From the list of forms
Select the related 'child site registration form'

Check the check box labeled: 'Display only my data'

Click 'Advanced Settings' tab
The 'Advanced Settings' tab will display in the window.

Select 'Edit Data Display Contents and Layout'
The 'Edit Data Display Contents and Layout' window will display

Click on the check box to the left of each field (each piece of data) you want to include in the position on this page.
Click on 'Move selected items to the top'
Click on the 'up and down' arrows to change the order in which these items will be displayed.
Select the alignment for each one
Select which column to display each one in
Select the row to display each item in
Optionally click 'Close gaps in the display, when fields are empty'

Click on the [Save] button

The 'Gallery / Catalog Settings' window will display
Click on the [Save] button

Creating a Blueprint site

From the 'Dashboard'
Click on the 'Create a Site Blueprint' text link

The 'Add / Edit Site Blueprint' window will display

Name the site

You have a choice of allowing a registrant to add pages to their site, or restricting the pages to those you create in the blueprint, (they would not be allowed to add more).

Check the check box for either 'Allow registrant to add additional pages', or 'Do not allow registrant to add additional pages'

Fill in the security 'word verification' field

Read and check the 'I agree to the terms and conditions' check box

Click on the [Next] button

The 'Select the Layout & Design' window will display.

Select a design and then click on the radio button beside the color option you wish to use for the blueprint.

Click on the [Save] button

The 'Add pages' page will display
Use this page to quickly add multiple pages to the site blueprint. Pages added will include the content modules described.

Enter the name of a page and click [Add]
Repeat for any additional pages you would like to add at this stage.

You will be able to add and delete pages later.

Click on the [Next] button to continue

The 'Site Edit' page will display

Continue by adding content modules, pages etc as desired (these work as for regular sites and the standard help files apply)

When you add a content module you will be shown a 'blueprint content module permissions' window
Choose whether this content module should be editable by the child site registrant and to what degree.
Select the appropriate radio button.
Then click [Save]

You can also set the blueprint page permissions by selecting a page and clicking 'Blueprint page permissions' from the left menu.
The 'Blueprint page permissions' window will display
Choose whether the page can be deleted, renamed etc
Select the appropriate radio button.
Then click [Save]

When you are satisfied with a page you will need to check it in.
Select a page then Click on 'Check in' from the left menu.

To apply a blueprint to a particular network, please see the help article on 'Network Settings'

Filters for Gallery / Catalog - Creating & Editing

There are two ways that you might want to edit a gallery or catalog's navigation:
1) Edit what information is displayed in this navigation - eg a thumbnail image and product name
2) Edit the size and shape, margin and spacing of the navigation itself
3) Edit the font size and style of the various gallery navigation elements

Lets deal first with #1: Editing what information is shown in those navigation links:

From your 'Dashboard' Page
Identify the site that you would like to add the blog to
Click on the 'Edit' link for that site

The 'Edit Site' page will appear
On the left side a list of pages will be displayed in a file tree.
Select the page that contains the gallery navigation.
On the right side of the page - an illustration of the selected page will be shown.
Click on the gallery navigation area on this page.
Click the 'Settings' option

The 'Gallery Settings' window will display
Click on the 'Create New Filter' link.

The 'Add / Edit Form Filter' window will appear
Name your filter
To select which form (and associated form records) this filter will be based on
Select a form name from the drop down box labeled: 'Select a form'

To add a 'filtering rule'
1) Select a field by name from the drop down box labeled: 'Select a field to add a rule'

2) Click the [Add] button

This will cause a 'field specific' set of options to display

You will be asked if the records that match this rule are to be either included or excluded

3) Select either the 'include' or 'exclude' radio button

4) Describe the rule further: Depending on the type of field you have selected you may also be asked to describe the rule further

eg. if you have selected a date field - you will be asked to pick a date range.
if you have selected a gender field - you will be asked to select a gender
etc.

If you would like to add another filtering rule, just repeat the steps 1-4 above.

Once you have finished describing your filtering rules

Press [Save]

Adding Tabular Information

There are two ways to add a grid of information

1) To add a table of information use the 'Text content module'

2) To add a gallery use the 'Gallery content module'

This help file deals with adding a table using the 'text content module'.

From your 'Dashboard' page
Identify the site that you would like to add the text to
Click on the 'Edit' link for that site

The 'Edit Site' page will appear
On the left side a list of pages will be displayed in a file tree.
Select the page to which you would like to add the text
On the right side of the page - an illustration of the selected page will be shown.
Click on the area into which you would like the text to be inserted.
Then click on the 'Insert Content Module' link.

A menu of content modules will appear
Click on the 'Text' option.

The 'Add / Edit Text' window will display
Select the 'table' button

The 'table' window will display
Select the number of rows and columns
Add at least 10px Cellpadding
Add at least 10px Cellspacing

Click the [insert] button

The 'table' window will close, returning to the 'add / edit text' window

Enter your content into the table

There are 8 buttons to the right of the 'add table' button that allow you to easily add and remove rows, columns

Click on the [Save] button

For more information go to the page about 'Formatting Text in the text editor'.

There are three types of background:

1. 'Page' backgrounds are displayed behind the main area that represents the page
2. 'Content module' backgrounds are displayed behind just the content module and padding of the content module
3. 'Page Area' / Media block' backgrounds are displayed behind a pre defined area of the page - this may contain one or more 'content modules'.

'Media Block' backgrounds:

From your 'Dashboard' page
Identify the site that you would like to edit the forum on
Click on the 'Edit' link for that site
The 'Edit Site' page will appear
On the left side a list of pages will be displayed in a file tree.
Select the page that contains the forum
On the right side of the page - an illustration of the selected page will be shown.
Click on the content module that you would like to place a background behind
Then click on the 'Backgrounds and spacing' for media blocks text link

'Background and Spacing' window displays
You have the option of using an image as a background AND / OR
using a color as a background.

We suggest that if you use an image as a background and are not planning to tile that image
then you should use a background color as well as a background image.

To select a background color either:
Type a hexadecimal value into the 'background color' field (don't forget to type '#' first) or
click on the field to see a color palette that you can select from.

To select a background image either:
Click on an existing image shown in your media library and then press [save] or
If you have an image on your computer that you would like to use:
Click on the [browse] button, locate the image on your computer and then click on the [upload] button to add
the new image to your image library.

To increase the size of the area occupied by the background image - (ie. to show more of the background image) you will need to add 'padding' to the 'content module'.
Click on the 'margin / spacing' tab in the same window, to do this.

Press [save] to add this as your 'media block background'.
 

There are three types of background:

'Page' backgrounds are displayed behind the main area that represents the page
'Content module' backgrounds are displayed behind just the content module and padding of the content module
'Media block' backgrounds are displayed behind a pre defined area of the page - this may contain one or more 'content modules'.

'Page' backgrounds:

From your 'Dashboard' page
Identify the site that you would like to edit the forum on
Click on the 'Edit' link for that site
The 'Edit Site' page will appear
On the left side a list of pages will be displayed in a file tree.
Select the page that contains the forum
On the left side of the page - you will see a menu relating to the page settings.
Click on the page 'background' text link

'Page Background' window displays
You have the option of using an image as a background AND / OR
using a color as a background.

We suggest that if you use an image as a background and are not planning to tile that image
then you should use a background color as well as a background image.

To select a background color either:
Type a hexadecimal value into the 'background color' field (don't forget to type '#' first) or
click on the field to see a color palette that you can select from.

To select a background image either:
Click on an existing image shown in your media library and then press [save] or
If you have an image on your computer that you would like to use:
Click on the [browse] button, locate the image on your computer and then click on the [upload] button to add
the new image to your image library.

If you would like the image to repeat to cover the whole page, click on the radio button labeled 'tile'.
If you would like to place the image once on the page, then click on the radio button labeled 'align', and select from the alignment options.

Press [save] to add this as your 'content module background'.
 

There are three types of background:

1. 'Page' backgrounds are displayed behind the main area that represents the page
2. 'Content module' backgrounds are displayed behind just the content module and padding of the content module
3. 'Media block' backgrounds are displayed behind a pre defined area of the page - this may contain one or more 'content modules'.

'Content module' backgrounds:

From your 'Dashboard' page
Identify the site that you would like to edit the forum on
Click on the 'Edit' link for that site
The 'Edit Site' page will appear
On the left side a list of pages will be displayed in a file tree.
Select the page that contains the forum
On the right side of the page - an illustration of the selected page will be shown.
Click on the content module that you would like to place a background behind
Then click on the 'Backgrounds and spacing' text link

'Background and Spacing' window displays
You have the option of using an image as a background AND / OR
using a color as a background.

We suggest that if you use an image as a background and are not planning to tile that image
then you should use a background color as well as a background image.

To select a background color either:
Type a hexadecimal value into the 'background color' field (don't forget to type '#' first) or
click on the field to see a color palette that you can select from.

To select a background image either:
Click on an existing image shown in your media library and then press [save] or
If you have an image on your computer that you would like to use:
Click on the [browse] button, locate the image on your computer and then click on the [upload] button to add
the new image to your image library.


To increase the size of the area occupied by the background image - (ie. to show more of the background image) you will need to add 'padding' to the 'content module'.
Click on the 'margin / spacing' tab in the same window, to do this.

Press [save] to add this as your 'content module background'.
 

Edit Network Settings:

Click on the 'Network Settings' tab in the same window
The 'Network Settings' window will be displayed

'Enter the prices you will charge your subscribing customers':
IMPORTANT NOTE: The website creator system charges you a fee per child site that subscribes through you. This fee is based on the amount of memory that site uses, and is payable each month.
You can charge your child site registrants what ever fees you feel are appropriate (a different fee for each amount of memory) payable each month or, even just one flat fee.

If our fees are less than your fees that your registrant pays, then you will receive the balance into your paypal account - minus paypal fees. (paypal charges a percentage if your registrant paid using paypal, and they also charge a % for transferring the money to you - these fees will be deducted from the money paid to you).

If the system fees exceed the fees that your registrant pays, then you will be charged the difference. (via what ever payment method you have on file in the network configuration settings).


Select which blueprint site the registrant will be offered
Select whether the registrant will be forced to use a blueprint site or if blueprints are optional.

See more information regarding blueprints.


If there is a chronological limit on the 'membership' you can define those dates here.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When a membership ends or if a registrant 'opts out' of their membership with your network, they can still keep their site independent of your network.


Edit your custom 'terms and conditions'

Legally you will have to provide custom terms and conditions particular to your business

Edit your custom 'welcome / confirmation email' text

Edit your custom 'welcome page' text

NOTE: In each case some default text will display if you do not set this up, but we strongly recomend that you customize this text for your registrants.

Add your logo to the administrative interface - that registrants use to customize their site:
Click the [browse] button and uploading your logo image.

NOTE: If your registrant has more than one website created in this system, and if one or more of them is not created through you, they will see our company logo rather than your logo.

Select the radio button to define your 'level of access on registrant site'

You can either have full administrative access to the sites that your registrant creates through you or
you can have only limited 'site editing' access.

Click [Save]

Create a Network

Creating a network of sites: This feature places a form on your site that allows site visitors to register to create their own web site.

You will start by creating that form, and then go on to choose 'network setting's that define fee structures, terms and conditions etc.

Related but separate:

You may also want to 'Create a directory or gallery' of these registrants on your own site.

You may want to look into 'Blueprint creation' - allows you to set up the site contents and or structure for your registrant. (you can even pre populate it with data from the registration form).


Creating a Network / Child site registration form


From your 'Dashboard' Page
Identify the site that you would like to add the form to
Click on the 'Edit' link for that site

The 'Edit Site' page will appear
On the left side a list of pages will be displayed in a file tree.
Select the page to which you would like to add the form
On the right side of the page - an illustration of the selected page will be shown.
Click on the area into which you would like the form to be inserted.
Then click on the 'Insert Content Module' link.
A menu of content modules will appear

Select 'Child site Registration forms' allow you to sell web sites to others.

The 'child site registration settings' window will appear.

Name your form

Use the field filters to help you find the fields you are looking for
Field filters are listed in a drop down box above the list of fields available
Select a filter
The number of fields shown in this list will be reduced to display only those relevant to the filter criteria.

Mouse over an option to see more information about it. Some fields are for entering just a couple of words, others are for entering lengthy paragraphs or lists, and some are for selecting one or more options from a list.

Find a field you want to add to your form by scrolling through the options in the left table
Click the check box beside it
Click the 'add to form' link or right arrow button.
This will add the selected field to the table on the right side (table lists all selected fields)

Depending on the type of form you are adding some fields may already be present in the list of selected fields shown on the right side.

Fields listed in the right table include an

1. Editable text entry field for editing the field label,
2. 'edit' text links for editing field instructions (For example, you might tell people how you want them to fill in the field or to clarify what type of information they should enter.)
3. up arrow for moving that field up the list.
4. A check box for removing the field from the form.
5. A 'required' column for designating fields as non optional - displayed as Y / N symbols.

Edit the 'field name' (text entry field) by clicking on the field name in the right table, and then replacing the existing field name by typing over it.

Click 'edit' at the end of this line to add instructions to this field

Click on the 'N' to designate a 'Non optional field' as required.  A required filed will be marked in the table with a 'Y', and marked on the form with an asterix. (*).

Repeat, until all fields are added


Make your form more readable and easier to navigate by adding:

• Headers,
• Page breaks
• Lines (hard rules)

These can be found on the left at the top of the list of field options.
Like the other fields they can be added to your form by clicking the check box, and then clicking
'add to form'.

Edit 'header text' by clicking on the 'header' field in the right side table.


Edit Network Settings:

Click on the 'Network Settings' tab in the same window
The 'Network Settings' window will be displayed

'Enter the prices you will charge your subscribing customers':
IMPORTANT NOTE: Our system charges you a fee per child site that subscribes through you. This fee is based on the amount of memory that site uses, and is payable each month.
You can charge your child site registrants what ever fees you feel are appropriate (a different fee for each amount of memory) payable each month or, even just one flat fee.

If our system fees are less than your fees that your registrant pays, then you will receive the balance into your paypal account - minus paypal fees. (paypal charges a percentage if your registrant paid using paypal, and they also charge a % for transferring the money to you - these fees will be deducted from the money paid to you).

If our fees exceed the fees that your registrant pays, then you will be charged the difference. (via what ever payment method you have provided in the network configuration settings).


Select which blueprint site the registrant will be offered
Select whether the registrant will be forced to use a blueprint site or if blueprints are optional.

See more information regarding blueprints.


If there is a chronological limit on the 'membership' you can define those dates here.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When a membership ends or if a registrant 'opts out' of their membership with your network, they can still keep their site independent of your network.


Edit your custom 'terms and conditions'

Edit your custom 'welcome / confirmation email' text

Edit your custom 'welcome page' text

Add your logo to the administrative interface - that registrants use to customize their site:
Click the [browse] button and uploading your logo image.

NOTE: If your registrant has more than one website from this system and if one or more of them is not created through you, they will see our company logo rather than your logo.

Select the radio button to define your 'level of access on registrant site'

You can either have full administrative access to the sites that your registrant creates through you or
you can have only limited 'site editing' access.

Click [Save]